1st bend, Casiotone MT-40, The White Nightmare

YouTube via KillKyleWeiss | August 17, 2008 |

"NEW! Updated video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrdCHr... [below]

A try at a new interest. This whole "circuit bending," hooplah. Okay, fine.

This Casiotone MT-40 keyboard had something spilled in it long ago by a roommate, who then gave it to me. It sounded awful. So it was begging to be tortured.

Now it tortures ears. (No vintage whores chastising me for ruining it. Shhh.) A combination of manual and auto modes, crosswired push-switches and toggles, and "The Nipple." Made from a steering-column lock bolt from a 1978 Toyota corolla, it is a touch-sensitive digalog pitch-bender of sorts. It also makes the poor White Nightmare hate life and complain when you use certain buttons in conjunction with it. Which, requires a restart once in a while.

I discover new ear-bleeding effects with just the six additions every day! Cosmetically its a sad-ass project. Audibly it is schizophrenic.

It will be used on stage, most likely as an analog noise generator, and fill-in box. Hope you like The White Nightmare, named after the butt-rocker era from whence it came."

The White Nightmare: Revisited.

KillKyleWeiss | October 21, 2009 |

"A lot of people asked me when I upgraded The White Nightmare, to post a video. Well, it happened. I did the extra filter bends with a blue knob, and a couple of main-keys glitch switches about six months ago. Procrastinate much? Not I! Same fun as the original White Nightmare, but now with new ear-splitting rage."